Wormwood Tarragon

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Wormwood tarragon is one of the plants of the family called Asteraceae or Compositae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Artemisia dracuncus L. As for the name of the tarragon wormwood family itself, in Latin it will be: Asteraceae Dumort. (Compositae Giseke).

Description of tarragon wormwood

Wormwood tarragon is known under the following popular names: serpentine, astragon, dragoon grass, trade, chagyr, ostrogon and allspice. Wormwood tarragon is a perennial herb that will fluctuate in height between thirty and one hundred and twenty-five centimeters. Such a plant is endowed with a branching woody rhizome, the thickness of which will be equal to half a centimeter and one and a half centimeters. The rhizome of this plant is covered with rare root lobes. The whole plant will be naked, in a young state it can sometimes be pubescent, and it is painted in green tones. Stems of tarragon wormwood are ribbed, few in number and erect, while in the middle and upper part such stems will be branched. The leaves of this plant will be linear-lanceolate and whole, their length is about two to six centimeters, and their width is seven to eight millimeters. The flowers of tarragon wormwood are painted in whitish tones and will be found in globular drooping baskets, which will be numerous and rather small in length, and also gather in a narrow panicle inflorescence. The wrapper of the tarragon wormwood baskets is smooth, and the outer leaves will be oblong, while the inner leaves are endowed with a wide filmy edge and are rounded-oval in shape.

Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the Caucasus, the Siberian Arctic, steppe and forest-steppe regions of Ukraine, the Far East, Crimea, Western and Eastern Siberia, as well as the European part of Russia.

Description of the medicinal properties of tarragon wormwood

Tarragon wormwood is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. Grass includes leaves, inflorescences and stems.

The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of rutin, carotene, flavonoids, essential oil, vitamin C, beta-sitosterol, alkaloids, coumarins, sesquiterpenoids, phenolcarboxylic acids and their derivatives in the composition of this plant. In the aerial part of tarragon wormwood, there will in turn be an essential oil, which is also present in the roots.

As for traditional medicine, here this plant is quite widespread. Traditional medicine recommends the use of tarragon wormwood for burns, eczema and scabies.

For gingivitis and stomatitis, an ointment with butter from the powder of the herb of this plant should be applied. In a mixture with pomegranate flowers, such a plant is used for gingivitis and stomatitis.

An infusion or powder prepared on the basis of tarragon wormwood roots is recommended to be used topically for various diseases of the oral mucosa. Ointment with honey based on this plant is used as a means with the ability to enhance potency. It should be noted that as part of the collection, such a plant is indicated for use in diseases of the nose, which will accompany a violation of the sense of smell.

An infusion prepared on the basis of tarragon wormwood herb is recommended for use as an antipyretic and laxative. The herb-based tincture is used as an anthelmintic and fortifying agent, and is also used as a diuretic for cystitis.